As descibed at the site, "The Tree of Life is a project containing information about the diversity of organisms on Earth,...
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As descibed at the site, "The Tree of Life is a project containing information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics. The information is linked together in the form of the evolutionary tree that connects all organisms to each other."

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People have misconceptions about evolution. Some are simple misunderstandings; ideas that develop in the course of learning...
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People have misconceptions about evolution. Some are simple misunderstandings; ideas that develop in the course of learning about evolution, possibly from school experiences and/or from the media. Other misconceptions may stem from purposeful attempts to interfere with the teaching of evolution. Science teachers must learn to treat all student questions with respect and initially to accept each question as the reflection of a legitimate desire to learn. However, some questions may well be designed to disrupt the learning process. We need to deal with intentionally disruptive questions in ways that are a bit different from legitimate inquiry. And it is important that we learn to distinguish between the two. This web site explains how to teach evolution in the classroom, with concepts, lesson plans and teaching philosophy about teaching evolution. It also provides a glossary and a guide to identifying and dealing with potential obstacles to the teaching of evolution and provides links to readings, websites, and position statements. The site was created by the University of California Museum of Paleontology with support provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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This is a module from the Supersite, "DNA From the Beginning." This learning object provides evidence for RNA as the first...
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This is a module from the Supersite, "DNA From the Beginning." This learning object provides evidence for RNA as the first genetic molecule. Simulated experiments are provided to explain the evolutionary significance of this important scientific concept. The Supersite contains many other animated tutorials on DNA, genes and heredity. The science behind each concept is explained using animations, an image gallery, video interviews, problems, biographies, and links. There are three sections for the Supersite including Classical Genetics, Molecules of Genetics, and Organization of Genetic Material. Key features are the clear explanations of classical experiments and excellent photographs of researchers and their labs.

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Students follow Darwin on a virtual field trip around the world in order to debunk three common misconceptions about natural...
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Students follow Darwin on a virtual field trip around the world in order to debunk three common misconceptions about natural selection. Students will: 1) complete interactive explorations of each misconception and explain that: a) fitness involves survival and reproduction, not just survival, b) selection is not random, and c) populations, not individuals, evolve; and 2) construct a definition of natural selection.

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Scientists use multiple lines of evidence to create more accurate family trees or phylogenies of species. Explore how...
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Scientists use multiple lines of evidence to create more accurate family trees or phylogenies of species. Explore how different lines of evidence can help create family trees by doing the All in the Family Web activity. This animated tutorial has students predict a result and then look at evidence from anatomy (limbs, jaws, skulls, and placenta), development (nervous system and gill arches), and molecular evidence to understand the "Tree of Life."

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The goal of this project is to promote the use of molecular data in the identification and exporation of biological problems...
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The goal of this project is to promote the use of molecular data in the identification and exporation of biological problems with an evolutionary perspective throughout biology curricula. This will be accomplished by providing undergraduate faculty and students access to the powerful state-of-the-art bioinformatics tools currently in use by the research community transformed to afford a cognitively supportive environment. These products will enable students to investigate current problems in biology using molecular biology tools and skills. The resource is under development, and would benefit from having Biology teachers try out the tools and provide feedback regarding future directions for development. Anyone can get a password and log-in FREE. But once you get your password, it can be difficult to get back to the Biology Student Workbench site. Be sure to bookmark the page - and contact the developers with your questions and comments if you get lost.

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A series of short tutorials on evolution, covering the Hardy-weinberg model, mutation, recombination, genetic drift,...
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A series of short tutorials on evolution, covering the Hardy-weinberg model, mutation, recombination, genetic drift, non-random matingselection, gene flow, and micro and macro evolution. Each tutorial includes nice illustrative photos and figures, a multiple choice quiz that gives prompt feedback on correct or incorrect answers, and a glossary.

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The site summarizes the hominid fossil record and hypothesized lines of human evolution from 5 million years ago to the...
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The site summarizes the hominid fossil record and hypothesized lines of human evolution from 5 million years ago to the present. It includes a chart showing the time line of human evolution along with links to the fossil record, the hominid brain, hominid tools, and derspersal patterns.

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VERB is an online animal diversity resource designed to accompany undergraduate degrees in the Biosciences. In this package,...
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VERB is an online animal diversity resource designed to accompany undergraduate degrees in the Biosciences. In this package, entitled VERB Eutherians, the groups discussed are the living placental mammals. Contained are a series of web pages outlining the diversity of the eutherians from an evolutionary perspective. The topics of focus are phylogeny (evolutionary history) and functional anatomy, but subjects as wide as genetics, ecology, physiology, and developmental biology are discussed where relevant. This package is designed to be used within a browser. Once unzipped, navigate to the index.html file in the folder to run the resource.

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Terrific animation-driven tutorial that reviews information regarding DNA's structure, chromosome replication and protein synthesis as a way of comparing living species of whales and their ancestors in the fossil record

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